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Creative Zen Vision Cell Phone User Manual

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  • Page 1 V I S I O N User's Guide...
  • Page 2 Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Creative Technology Ltd. No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, for any purpose without the written permission of Creative Technology Ltd.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Zen Vision at a Glance ... 5 Zen Vision - Front View ... 5 Zen Vision - Side Views... 8 Zen Vision - Top and Bottom Views ... 10 Turning Zen Vision On and Off ... 12 Selecting Options... 12 Navigating Menus ...
  • Page 4 Using Zen Vision as a Removable Disk... 48 Changing the Amount of Hard Disk Space in Removable Disk Mode... 51 Stopping Zen Vision Properly ... 52 Adjusting Your Player’s Settings ... 53 Date and Time ... 53 Information... 53 Audio Settings... 54 Photo and Video Settings ...

  • Page 5: Zen Vision At A Glance

    Zen Vision at a Glance After completing the setup instructions in the Quick Start booklet, take some time to read this User’s Guide to learn how to get the most out of your player. Zen Vision - Front View Zen Vision at a Glance...
  • Page 6 Infrared receiver Enables you to control your player via the IR remote control (available separately). Menu/Back button Displays the main menu, which contains most of your player's features. Press to return to the previous screen or menu. Press and hold to return directly to the main menu. Options button Press this button to display the options available.
  • Page 7 If, however, you notice fixed spots on your Creative Zen Vision LCD interfering with your use, contact Customer Support Services. You can find Customer Support Services information in the Installation and Applications CD.

  • Page 8: Zen Vision - Side Views

    Zen Vision at a Glance Zen Vision - Side Views...
  • Page 9 Compact Flash memory card slot Insert a memory card into this slot. For more information, see "Inserting a Memory Card" on page 15. Headphone jack Connect earphones to this jack. A/V Out jack To conveniently view videos or photos stored in your player, connect your TV set to this jack.

  • Page 10: Zen Vision - Top And Bottom Views

    Zen Vision at a Glance Zen Vision - Top and Bottom Views...
  • Page 11 Volume Decrease button Decreases the volume. Press and hold to decrease the volume quickly. Volume Increase button Increases the volume. Press and hold to increase the volume quickly. Power switch Turns your player on and off. Slide and hold the switch towards the Power more information, see "Turning Zen Vision On and Off"...

  • Page 12: Turning Zen Vision On And Off

    Turning Zen Vision On and Off To turn on your player, slide the Power switch towards the Power there until the LCD lights up. To turn off your player, slide the Power switch towards the Power there until Shutting down... appears. Selecting Options In the following sections of this document, we use the term ‘Select’...
  • Page 13 Up button Press to go to the menu option or selection above the current selection. OK button Press to select the highlighted menu option or selection on the screen. Right button Press to go to the menu option or selection to the right of the current selection. Down button Press to go to the menu option or selection below the current selection.

  • Page 14: Navigating Menus

    Navigating Menus Press the Up or Down navigation button to move vertically in a menu. Menu Music Library Photos Videos FM Radio Microphone Organizer Extras System Compact Flash Card You can also use the Left or Right Now Playing Caps Accents Clear Symbols...

  • Page 15: Inserting A Memory Card

    Zen Vision at a Glance Inserting a Memory Card For information on transferring files from your memory card to your player, see "Transferring content from your memory card" on page 28. Align the memory card with the Compact Flash memory card slot as shown below.
  • Page 16 Zen Vision at a Glance Gently push the memory card into the Compact Flash memory card slot. NOTE Do not force the memory card into the Compact Flash memory card slot. If it does not fit properly, gently remove it and try again.
  • Page 17 To remove the memory card, pull out the memory card as shown below. To avoid permanent damage: NOTE DO NOT shake the memory card when removing it. ■ Remove the memory card only when when your player is at the Main Menu or when ■...

  • Page 18: Connecting Your Player To A Tv

    Connecting Your Player to a TV To view your player’s content on a larger screen, connect your player to a TV. To do this, you must use the supplied video cable. NOTE Your player has been developed and tested to display photos and videos of high quality.
  • Page 19 Zen Vision at a Glance Connect your player to a TV with the supplied video cable as shown below. DO NOT use a standard video cable. L AUDIO R COMP IN...
  • Page 20 A/V Out jack Connect the supplied video cable to this jack on your player. Video In jack Connect the yellow connector on your video cable to this jack on your TV. Audio In (Left) jack Connect the white connector on your video cable to this jack on your TV. Audio In (Right) jack Connect the red connector on your video cable to this jack on your TV.

  • Page 21: Locking Zen Vision

    Zen Vision at a Glance Locking Zen Vision Locking Zen Vision disables all the controls on Zen Vision. Lock Zen Vision when you want to prevent buttons from being accidently pressed. To lock Zen Vision Slide the Power switch towards the Lock icon.

  • Page 22: Main Applications

    Help. Creative Media Explorer Creative Media Explorer offers you the ease of managing music tracks and data files in Zen Vision, in a Windows Explorer environment. Use Creative Media Explorer, if: you already have an extensive MP3 or WMA collection and/or another preferred media player ■...
  • Page 23 (available only in certain regions) By default, a window automatically appears at the lower right-hand corner, prompting you to launch Creative MediaSource Player/Organizer, when you connect Zen Vision to your computer. To disable this feature, in Creative MediaSource Player/Organizer, click Tools →...
  • Page 24 Creative Media Toolbox Creative Media Toolbox provides a single point of access to software applications for cleaning, organizing and converting your media files. Creative Media Toolbox consists of the following Creative applications: Auto Organizer ■ Organizes and renames your music using categories, for example, genre or artist Auto Tag Cleaner ■...

  • Page 25: Transferring And Managing Content

    Creative Zen Vision plays many different types of content, including videos, TV recordings, audio tracks and still photos. You can use Creative Video Converter to convert unsupported video formats to the WMV format 320 x 240 pixel resolution, for proper transfer and playback. Depending on your orginal video, the converted file may be of a lower quality or resolution than the previous file.

  • Page 26: Transferring Content

    Transferring Content Transferring content from your computer Connect Zen Vision to your computer’s USB port with the supplied USB cable. Double-click the My Computer icon on your desktop. Click the Creative Media Explorer Transferring and Managing Content icon.
  • Page 27 Videos → TV. You can also transfer TV recordings to your player using WMP 10. ■ You can also use Creative MediaSource to transfer media files to Zen Vision. For more information, refer to its online Help. Transferring and Managing Content button.
  • Page 28 August 15, 2005 at 2:57 pm, the folder name is CF 2005-08-15 14H57M00S. To locate all transferred content, connect your player to your computer using the supplied USB cable, and then click the Creative Zen Vision Data → Imported Files → <CF YYYY-MM-DD HHHMMMSSS>. Transferring and Managing Content...
  • Page 29 To transfer new content from a previously transferred folder in the same memory card, Select Append from Compact Flash. NOTE You cannot transfer content from your player to your memory card. ■ Your player only supports memory cards formatted in FAT16 or FAT32 file systems. ■...

  • Page 30: Synchronizing Content

    Zen Vision and your computer. Connect Zen Vision to your computer. Start Sync Manager. You can start Sync Manager in either Creative Media Explorer or Creative MediaSource Player/Organizer. Select My Computer and Zen Vision as the devices you want to synchronize, and then click the Next button.

  • Page 31: Managing Videos

    Managing Videos To play videos, you must first transfer the videos to your player. For more information, see "Transferring Content" on page 26. The transferred videos are categorized by name, with duration, in your player’s Video Library. Use the Play/Pause button to pause or resume playback.
  • Page 32 Deleting a video In the main menu, Select Videos. Use the navigation buttons to highlight the video that you want to delete. Press the Options button. Select Delete Video. Select Yes. Transferring and Managing Content...

  • Page 33: Managing Photos

    Managing Photos With Creative Zen Vision’s high-capacity storage, you can store thousands of photos in your player, and even set up a slide show, so that you can share memories with friends and family. Photos are categorized by name in Photo Library. Your player only displays photos that are in the JPEG (JPG) format.
  • Page 34 Viewing photo information In the main menu, Select Photos. Select Pictures. Select a photo. Press the Options button. Select View Details. You can see information for that photo displayed on your player’s screen. Deleting a photo In the main menu, Select Photos. Select Pictures.

  • Page 35: Managing Audio

    Find tracks, playlists, albums, artists or genres in your player ■ View track information ■ Modifying or renaming albums, artists or genres, including renaming of audio tracks, can be done in Creative Media Explorer or Creative MediaSource. Transferring and Managing Content...
  • Page 36 Playing a track In the main menu, Select Music Library. Select a category (album, artist, playlist or genre). A list of tracks from the category appear. Select a track. Select Play. Track playback starts. NOTE To search for a track alphabetically, press the Right alphabetical menu on the right.
  • Page 37 Adding a track to the Now Playing folder In the main menu, Select Music Library. Select a category (album, artist, playlist or genre). A list of tracks in the category appear. Select a track. Press the Options button. Select Add to Selected. Adding a group of tracks to the Now Playing folder In the main menu, Select Music Library.
  • Page 38 Creating a playlist Add tracks, artists, albums or genres to a playlist to play back selected tracks in a specific order. You can only create a playlist from tracks in the Now Playing folder. In the main menu, Select Music Library. Select Now Playing.
  • Page 39 Inserting a bookmark You can insert bookmarks during playback. A bookmark helps you mark a point within a track, so you can return to it at a later time. For example, if you are listening to your recording of an interview, insert a bookmark if you need to stop halfway through.
  • Page 40 Clearing a bookmark Press the Menu/Back button. The main menu appears. Select Music Library. Select Bookmarks. In the Bookmarks screen, press the Options Select Clear Bookmark. Using Zen Vision’s DJ Instead of selecting tracks yourself, you can let Zen Vision’s DJ pick out tracks for you. In the main menu, Select Music Library.

  • Page 41: Using Fm Radio

    Using FM Radio Listening to the radio Make sure your earphones are connected to your player when scanning for radio stations. The earphone cable acts as an antenna for radio reception. In the main menu, Select FM Radio. To automatically scan and save radio stations, press the Options Autoscan.
  • Page 42 Renaming a radio preset In the main menu, Select FM Radio. Select a preset. Press the Options button. Select Name preset. Use the navigation buttons to type a name for your preset. When complete, select OK. Deleting radio presets In the main menu, Select FM Radio. Press the Left or Right Press the Options...

  • Page 43: Recording With Zen Vision

    Recording With Zen Vision Recording radio broadcasts While listening to a radio broadcast, press the Options Radio to start recording. While recording, you can press the Options items: Pause ■ Pauses the recording. You can also pause the recording by pressing the Play/Pause button.
  • Page 44 Recording with the built-in microphone In the main menu, Select Microphone. Press the Options button and select Start Recording to start recording. While recording, you can press the Options items: Pause ■ Pauses the recording. You can also pause the recording by pressing the Play/Pause button.
  • Page 45 Playing recorded tracks In the main menu, Select Music Library. Select Recordings. Select the recording you want to play. NOTE You can also press and hold the Play/Pause For a clear recording, make sure you place Zen Vision as close as possible to what you want to record.

  • Page 46: Using Zen Vision's Organizer Features

    Click the Finish button. NOTE If you do not have Microsoft Outlook installed, you can use Creative Media Explorer to edit your calender, "to do" tasks and contact information using the Personal Information Manager editor. In Creative Media Explorer, click the Manage Organizer Data in Device button.

  • Page 47: Viewing The Calendar

    Viewing the Calendar In the main menu, Select Organizer. Select Calendar. Use the navigation buttons to move between months and days in the selected month. Use the Next/Fast-Forward or Previous/Rewind To go to a specific month, press the Options want. Press the OK button to view the events and tasks of the selected day.

  • Page 48: Storing Data Files In Zen Vision

    Storing Data Files in Zen Vision You can use Zen Vision to store backup copies of your computer’s data files, or use it to transfer files from one computer to another. Use Zen Vision as a Removable Disk if you want to use Zen Vision to transfer files between different computers.
  • Page 49 Storing Data Files in Zen Vision Connect Zen Vision to your computer using the supplied USB cable.
  • Page 50 Data files saved in the Removable Disk Mode hard disk space cannot be viewed or ■ managed from within Creative Media Explorer. Similarly, data files transferred to Zen Vision using Creative Media Explorer cannot ■ be viewed or managed in Removable Disk Mode.

  • Page 51: Changing The Amount Of Hard Disk Space In Removable Disk Mode

    ■ Disk mode. Alternatively, connect Zen Vision to your computer and use Creative Removable Disk Manager to increase or decrease the amount of hard disk space in Removable Disk mode. Creative Removable Disk Manager is included with your player and is automatically ■...

  • Page 52: Stopping Zen Vision Properly

    Stopping Zen Vision Properly To prevent data loss, ensure that: you have disconnected Zen Vision properly in Windows before unplugging it from the USB port ■ on your computer (refer to the steps for your respective operating system) you do not unplug Zen Vision from the USB port on your computer when transferring files to or ■...

  • Page 53: Adjusting Your Player's Settings

    Adjusting Your Player’s Settings Your player offers you many settings. You can select equalization presets, adjust display settings, enable visual and audio feedback, set the default language or reset your player. Date and Time In the main menu, Select Extras. Select Date &...

  • Page 54: Audio Settings

    Audio Settings You can change Zen Vision’s play mode, equalization preset or built-in speaker output from the Audio Settings menu: In the main menu, Select System. Select Audio Settings. Play Mode When playing audio tracks, you can choose to change the play mode. Select Play Mode.
  • Page 55 Speaker You can enable or disable your player’s built-in speaker. Select Off to disable your player’s speaker. Select Auto to automatically detect earphones, If no earphones are connected to your player, audio will play back from your player’s speaker. Select Speaker. Press the OK button to change the speaker settings.

  • Page 56: Photo And Video Settings

    Photo and Video Settings You can adjust Zen Vision’s slideshow interval and display settings from the Photo/Video Settings menu. In the main menu, Select System. Select Photo/Video Settings. Slideshow Interval You can specify the number of seconds to display each photo. Select Slideshow Interval.

  • Page 57: Setting Preferences

    Setting Preferences To personalize your player: In the main menu, Select System. Select Player Settings. User Name Select Owner. Use the Navigation buttons to create a user name. Backlight Duration Select Backlight Time. Use the Up or Down navigation buttons to increase or decrease the backlight duration.
  • Page 58 Sleep Timer Select Sleep Timer. Use the Up or Down navigation buttons to increase or decrease the duration you want your player to wait before automatically shutting down. Infrared Select IR Remote. Press the OK button to enable or disable the infrared detection for your IR Remote Control (available separately).

  • Page 59: Theme

    Theme You can change your player’s display design by selecting a different theme. In the main menu, Select System. Select Theme. Select the theme that you want. Language You can change the default language for your player. In the main menu, Select System. Select Language.

  • Page 60: Frequently Asked Questions

    For further assistance, you may wish to consult our self-help tool "Knowledge Base". Go to www.creative.com, select your region and then select Support. For the latest firmware updates to improve Zen Vision’s functionality, go to www.creative.com and select Downloads.
  • Page 61 Can I transfer Digital Rights Management (DRM) protected WMA files to my player? Yes. To transfer DRM protected WMA files to Zen Vision, you can use Creative Media Explorer, Creative MediaSource Player/Organizer or WMP 10. Can I use the player for portable data storage? Yes, you can.
  • Page 62 ■ NOTE For the latest firmware updates to improve Zen Vision’s functionality, go to www.creative.com and select Downloads. How do I reset Zen Vision? Disconnect Zen Vision’s power adapter and turn off the power outlet. Remove the battery.
  • Page 63 Selecting Reload Firmware erases your player’s firmware. DO NOT Select the ■ Reload Firmware unless you have downloaded a newer firmware version for Zen Vision, or have been advised to do so by the Creative Customer Services center. Frequently Asked Questions icon and hold it there while you reinsert the...
  • Page 64 If necessary, turn on the power outlet. What is PC Music Library? PC Music Library is your collection of digital audio tracks in Creative MediaSource Player/ Organizer. In Creative MediaSource Player/Organizer, you can have more than one PC Music Library.
  • Page 65 If you see the PlaysForSure logo, you can be sure that the music bought can be played on your player. Where can I get more information on Creative products? Visit www.creative.com and select your region or country for updates and downloads relating to all Creative products.

  • Page 66: Safety Advice

    Do not dismantle or attempt to repair your player, battery or power adapter. ■ Refer all servicing to Creative or authorized repair agents. Do not expose your player or battery to temperatures outside the range of 0°C to 45°C (32°F to ■...

  • Page 67: General Specifications

    General Specifications Power Source Battery: 1 x Rechargeable Lithium Ion battery ■ DC IN 5V when connected to a power outlet ■ Playback Formats Audio playback formats: MP3: Up to 320 kbps, WMA: Up to 320 kbps, WMA with Digital Rights ■...
  • Page 68 USB 1.1 (Full speed) Large 93.98 mm or 3.7" 640 x 480 pixel resolution backlit display (262,144 colors) ■ Firmware Support Upgradable via USB (firmware upgrades are available from www.creative.com) ■ Earphone Specifications Frequency Range: 20 Hz ~ 20 KHz ■...

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